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Resident asks College Place to back Walla Walla Valley scenic bikeway application
Summary
A local resident asked the College Place City Council to provide a letter of support for a Walla Walla Valley scenic bikeway designation, described a 39-mile route through College Place and said Visit Walla Walla and other partners will supply templates and maps. Council agreed to collect letters and have Clerk Garcia accept materials.
Donald Olgin, a Walla Walla-area bicycling advocate, urged the College Place City Council on Nov. 12 to submit a letter of support for an inaugural Washington scenic bikeways application covering the Walla Walla Valley.
Olgin outlined a proposed 39-mile route that would start at Pioneer Park and use Roe Street, College Avenue, Whitman and Last Chance Road, travel toward Frog Hollow and the farmland areas, and use the Mill Creek Trail. He said the state program looks to recognize scenic, recreational, historic and cultural value using existing infrastructure rather than building new routes.
"We have the existing infrastructure. We wanna be a part of this," Olgin said, and left council members copies of a template letter and sample support letters. He said Visit Walla Walla is leading proponent outreach and that the Washington State Parks Trail Association plans to donate signs for the first five designated routes.
Council members asked whether the city should draft a single joint letter with council signatures or submit individual letters; Olgin said the typical approach is one city letter listing members with the mayor signing. Clerk Garcia agreed to collect the templates and letters left at the meeting.
No formal action was taken; council members told Olgin they would help circulate the request and the clerk said she would include the material in the city packet and newsletter distribution as requested.
